Range-boiler stand



D.- D. WESSELS.

RANGE BOILER STAND.

APPLICATION HLED AUG-13, 920

Patented May 17, 1921.

Jan 6 2 Waugh UNITED} stares.

I)ANIEL n. WESSELS, or nn'rnorr', MIGHIGAN.

RANGE-BOILER STAND.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1'7, 1921.

Application filed August 13, 1920. Serial No. 403,247.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, DANIEL D. l/VnssnLs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Range-Boiler Stands, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to range boiler stands and has for its object the provision of a simple construction which is adjustable to engage range boilers of different diameters. Other objects of the invention reside in the novel features of construction and combination of parts as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings the figure is aside elevation of a stand embodying my invention.

The stand comprises the legs 1, preferably of angle cross-section and three in number. The opposite ends of these legs are provided with the slots 2 adapted'for engagement with the rim 3 at the lower end of the boiler 4 at substantially equally spaced points about its periphery. 5 and .6 are bars pivotally connected at their opposite ends to the legs 1, there being three pairs of these bars and their corresponding ends being secured to the legs preferably by common pivots and substantially parallel.

These bars 5 and 6 cross each other and are secured to each other by suitable means, such as the screw bolts 7, to prevent relative movement thereof and of the legs. In

I order to permit of adjustment of the legs to take care of different diameters of boilers, the bars 5 and 6 are respectively provided with longitudinally extending elongated apertures 8 and 9, through which the securing means extends. By loosening the nuts 10 upon the screw bolts 7 the legs may be adjusted to occupy the position as shown by the dotted lines in the figure, or to occupy any desired intermediate position, after which the nuts are tightened in place to clamp the bars from relative movement and to hold the legs in their adjusted positions. The arrangement is such that the stand may be inverted so that the lower ends of the legs will engage boilers of smaller diameters izhan those engaged by the upper ends of the egs.

From the above description it will be readily seen that-I have devised a simple adjustable constructionof stand, which is also invertible, to engagerange boilers having a comparatively great range of diameters.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a plurality of angularly adjustable legs, of pairs of bars crossing each other and pivotally connected at their ends to said legs, and means connecting said bars to each other to permit of relative movement thereof and of angularly adjusting said legs relative to each other.

. 2. The combination with a plurality of legs, of pairs of bars crossing each other and pivotally connected at their opposite ends to said legs, said bars having longitudi' nally-extending elongated apertures therein at their intersecting points, and securing means extending through said apertures.

3. The combination with three legs having slots in their opposite ends, of three pairs of bars pivotally connected at their opposite ends to said legs, the corresponding endsof said bars being connected to said legs by common pivots, and said bars having longitudinally extending elongated apertures therein at their intersecting points, and securing means extending through said apertures.

4:. The combination with a plurality of legs, of pairs of bars crossing each other and pivotally connected at their ends to said legs, the corresponding ends of said bars being substantially parallel and connected to r said legs by common pivots, and means connecting said bars to each other to permlt ofrelative longitudinal movement thereof and of angularly adjusting said legs relative to each other. 5; The combination with a plurality of angularly adjustable legs, of pairs of bars connected to said legs, and means permit ting of relative movement of said bars to angularly adjust said legs and securing the same in their various adjusted positions.

v 6. The combination with a plurality of angularly adjustable legs, of pairs of bars crossing each other and pivotally connected to said legs, said bars being movable with respect to each other to angularly adjust said legs. I

7. The combination with a plurality of angularly adjustable legs, of pairs of bars pivotally connected at their ends to said legs, the pivotsfor the corresponding'ends to each pair of bars being spaced from each other a substantially constant distance, and 10 means permitting of relative angular movement of-said legs and securing said legs in adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

'DANIEL D. WESSELS. 

